Wow, good groups, i'm having a hell of a time trying to post a new thread so i'll try to post my first shooting experience with the .204 handi in this reply?
First impressions...
I cleaned it, o-ringed it and floated the barrel from the screw forward.
I'm still waiting for my 6-24x scope to show but had a weaver k2.5 laying around i threw on in case i got a chance to shoot it a little while out calling coyotes yesterday.
I got a chance to zero it 1-1.5" high at 100 yrds. Grouping pretty good for 2.5x scope and a quicky field zero off bi-pod. I'm sure it will do better when i try for a group...this was just trying to zero so i could maybe hunt it same day.
Report/recoil were very mild, lots of muzzle blast though...but overall a fun gun to shoot.
I got a chance to shoot it after a set in a valley, i ranged the other side of the valley at 329 yrds. We just had 2" fresh snow overnight so there were lots of dirt spots to aim for amonst the snow and easy to see where you hit etc. I was hitting these small spots shot for shot! I've never shot much long distance stuff before and i gotta tell ya this was pretty amazing. My buddy with his sako .243 that does sub moa with cheap factory winchester 80 gr pointed soft points was hitting about 6-8" low at that range.
So i'm pretty confident we'll see some great groups out of this thing. I will post more when i get to shoot it more seriously and i'll chrony it then too.
I had it zeroed in less than one box of factory 32 grain and i guess i shot 36 rounds in total for plinking and letting a couple buddies take a few shots etc.
Blake :grin:
